Kyle Wise
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Oct 31, 2026
Sep HendricksonHOST
You called me earlier in the week and said, "Hey, man, it's wide open out there." Tell our listeners what's going on now.
Kyle WiseGUEST
Yesterday I came out with a nine-year-old boy, and we got four out of seven of them for him.
Sep HendricksonHOST
Wise, what are your expectations for the next week or two? Are you gonna continue fishing these, or are you gonna crawl back up to New Maloney some work up there for some of those browns and the trout?
Sep HendricksonHOST
That's why he's going to be fishing McClure, Dom Pedro, and all those areas out there because there's no place to stay except at the Chicken Ranch if you're hunting out there or fishing out there.
Sep HendricksonHOST
What have you heard about all the mess and junk floating around out there where you like to fish right now between Rio Vista Bridge and up towards Vieira's Resort?
Kyle WiseGUEST
Yeah, I've seen some videos down there in Ria Vista with those king tides, and I'm glad I ran north.
Sep HendricksonHOST
Now, you're going to hang out fishing the Delta for quite some time right now, but you're getting your boat all rewrapped and everything all set for the chicken ranch, aren't you?
Kyle WiseGUEST
Oh, yeah, it's fun, but if this grass dies back down, I'll definitely go back to the 360s.
Kyle WiseGUEST
I just have a lot more confidence pulling the 360s with the skinny minis and cut plugs than I do pulling double-bladed spinners.
Sep HendricksonHOST
There should be quite a few fish running through during that period of time, too.
Kyle WiseGUEST
Those guys that haven't fished it need to jump on board and fish it, especially this year since the Sacramento is open for salmon.
Kyle WiseGUEST
Get yourself some P-line laser minnows and look at the bottom from 100 to 130 feet, and they're a lot easier to get in the boat when you're jigging instead of trolling this time of year.
Sep HendricksonHOST
So what's going on at New Maloney's right now? Are you chasing trout or are you still chasing cokes?
Kyle WiseGUEST
couple weeks just seeing what's available and it is looking phenomenal there's lots of bait balls and those big trout are sitting right underneath them we got them up to five pounds last week So I'm going to pull my boat at the end of next week.
Kyle WiseGUEST
I'll probably pull it after my trip on Friday, get this thing cleaned up, my wrap off of it, and put chicken ranch on the side of it.
Kyle WiseGUEST
And we'll be back at Maloney's for probably three weeks, then down to the Delta chasing salmon.
Sep HendricksonHOST
When those kokanee start getting red and slowing down and get sluggish and they start just swimming around real slow, they become a quick, easy meal for a big old brown trout, don't they?
Kyle WiseGUEST
You have to keep it in that strike zone a lot longer or you're just not gonna get bit.
Kyle WiseGUEST
You know, we've been jigging in the late morning, and I mean, that's where the bite is.
Kyle WiseGUEST
It's easy to get limits jigging, it's just, as everybody knows, it's a patience game, and a lot of guys don't like jigging, but it is the most effective way to catch these fish this time of year.
Sep HendricksonHOST
And you're just ticking them off so that they'll hit something, aren't they?
Kyle WiseGUEST
You know, we're fishing from 90 down to 120, and those darker colors just show up better.
Kyle WiseGUEST
Yesterday we had a good JPEX bite and a headhunter spoon, and today the only fish we have actually caught have been on a 1.5 purple APEX.
Sep HendricksonHOST
They got to get out there and climb on board with you or set up for one of these hunts that we'll be talking about in the next week or two.
Kyle WiseGUEST
You can visit our website at fishheadhunters.com. Or you could just give me a call directly at 209-531-3966 or find us at Headhunter Sportfishing on all the social media pages.
Kyle WiseGUEST
Yeah, the best tip that I can give for this time of year for our lakes Slow that presentation down, put more bend in your lure, and let it sit there and just wobble at slow speeds.
Kyle WiseGUEST
Keep it in the strike zone a lot longer, and you're going to get rewarded instead of pulling it through at 1-4, 1-7.
Sep HendricksonHOST
Is there any particular scent or anything you add to your presentation that you think makes a result?
Kyle WiseGUEST
No, I mean, I've been running, you know, two cents for the last couple weeks, and that's just, you know, regular tuna out of a can, then just garlic.
Kyle WiseGUEST
I mean, I think the whole key to this time of the year is just slow down that presentation.
Kyle WiseGUEST
And, you know, the best thing about that lure, when you have conditions like this, to where these fish get lockjaw, you could bend them and slow way down and still get the same action.
Sep HendricksonHOST
And sometimes probably big differences in speed, probably speeds up every now and then, probably makes a lot of exaggerated turns and doesn't troll too much in a straight line because he learned that trolling in a straight line takes you from point A to point B, didn't you?
Kyle WiseGUEST
Anytime you could interrupt that movement of that lure, especially when you're running live scope, and you can see them behind it.
Sep HendricksonHOST
Well, what's working at New Maloney's right now? How deep are the fish rolling right now? How deep do you have to fish for them? Are they random? Are they starting to pack together? Because what I've been seeing at lakes and hearing from guys, nothing's getting schooled up yet.
Kyle WiseGUEST
You know, we got warm weather, which means they're going to release a lot of water.
Kyle WiseGUEST
So a lot of those guys that are out there fishing that mid-water column, looking at those fish 75 to 90 feet are struggling.
Kyle WiseGUEST
And, you know, we have to remember that the kokanee are not grabbing our lures out of hunger.
Kyle WiseGUEST
So if we put the most erratic swimming thing down there, it's going to, you know, increase your bite ratio.
Sep HendricksonHOST
What are you hearing on the fish out there? I know McClure was sparse when your last trip out there.
Sep HendricksonHOST
You want to explain the color combinations to me and our listeners and why you prefer those?
Kyle WiseGUEST
You know, I like really bright colors first thing in the morning, my chartreuses, bright pinks.
Kyle WiseGUEST
Then when that sun comes up, those get yanked off, and I go with the blues and the darker purples.
Kyle WiseGUEST
You know, people would understand the color spectrum, that when we start fishing deep, those darker colors stand out better at those depths than your pinks and your oranges.
Sep HendricksonHOST
It doesn't look like anything in particular as it buzzes by a fish, does it? Does it supposedly imitate a minnow?
Kyle WiseGUEST
Well, I mean, we do, you know, on a big magnum bullet, you know, they're the size of a shad.
Kyle WiseGUEST
So we're going to be float fishing for them, quarter-ounce float, you know, white line, six-pound, eight-pound test.
Kyle WiseGUEST
But, yeah, mostly going to be float fishing and just kind of drifting down like a dead drift, kind of throw it up above the boat, and then we're just going to let our boat float downriver.
Kyle WiseGUEST
If we get a couple bites in some areas, we're going to motor back up, drop anchor, and we're going to hit those fish hard.
Sep HendricksonHOST
Well, we talked about New Melones when we were on the phone and, uh, New- Don Pedro, you were just, uh, ecstatic about those fat boys.
Kyle WiseGUEST
Yeah, Don Pedro, they have some huge kokanee, but you know, it's not the fishery this year where you're gonna go out and absolutely knock out limits.
Kyle WiseGUEST
So I mean, the biggest thing is, you know, tackle companies are really good at when they put a lure in a package, they give you three feet of line.
Kyle WiseGUEST
Then when the consumer buys it, they just tie a swivel onto it and put it behind their dodger.
Kyle WiseGUEST
Well, you're only two and a half feet too long, and that's costing you 90% of your fish.
Kyle WiseGUEST
But if people are looking to get out on an evening trip, you wanna beat the heat and absolutely no boat traffic on the lake, I am offering trips that start from 4:00 or 5:00 in the afternoon until dark or limits are met at a discounted rate.
Kent BrownHOST
Give them all the hookup info so they can get on board with you and do the same thing.
Kyle WiseGUEST
You can find us at all the social media platforms at Headhunters Sport Fishing, or you can visit our website at fishheadhunters.com. Or just give me a call direct at (209) 531-3966.
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